Taylor Swift has been single for 18 months, but the pop beauty says she's still in no rush to find Mr Right.

The Shake It Off singer has admitted she finds it difficult to deal with the constant scrutiny she comes under when she's dating, so is taking some time off from men to focus on herself.

The blonde star, who has had a string of famous ex-boyfriends including Harry Styles, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Mayer and Taylor Lautner, has been single since splitting with One Direction star Harry Styles early last year.

She explained: "I get stressed when I think about getting into a relationship because I get beat up in the press whenever I go near a boy.

Taylor Swift (Image: Instagram / taylorswift)

"So you can understand why I am taking a bit of a break.

"A relationship is not in my brain right now. So that's why 'Shake It Off' is a cheeky play of the character of me that has been written in the press.

"It's this complex mess of a girl who can get all of these guys but scares them because she is just very clingy and needy and mercurial and unpredictable."

However, the 24-year-old beauty insists that character is nothing like the real her.